WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate floor debate on a bill
to create a $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims
will begin on February 6, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
Arlen Specter said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate floor debate on a bill
to create a $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims
will begin on February 6, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
Arlen Specter said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee promised a thorough investigation on Sunday into
President George W. Bush's secret domestic eavesdropping
program and said there would be no blank check for Bush. Sen.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on
Saturday called for a prompt Senate vote on Supreme Court
nominee Samuel Alito, playing down Democratic concerns that he
could tilt the high court too far to the right.

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel
Alito picked up the endorsement of a key Republican on Friday
and Democrats were running out of options to block Senate
confirmation of a judge they fear would tilt the court too far
to the political right.

By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales said on Friday he will testify in a Senate hearing to
give the administration's legal justification for a secret
domestic eavesdropping operation approved by President George
W. Bush after the September 11 attacks.